Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. History - Modern    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. School & Education   

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The Making of the Atom Bomb (Nonfiction)
This book describes the creation of the atomic bomb from the original ideas up to the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As with all scientific developments, the bomb started as an idea in Albert Einstein's head. In 1938, two German scientists split the uranium atom and detected lighter elements. About the same time, Hitler drove the Jewish scientists out of Europe, with most of them fleeing to the United States. World War II brought on a race between the Germans and the Americans to make an atomic weapon. The American Manhatten Project achieved the first controlled nuclear reaction in 1942. The first atomic bomb was tested in New Mexico, in July of 1945. The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Nagasaki was bombed on August 9 of 1945 as well. This was the beginning of the atomic age. Impossible to put down
The Making of the Atom Bomb is a wonderful book.It presents the accomplishments of some of the most brilliant scientists of the 20th century in terms that are accessible to lay readers.It recounts in scintillating detail how their discoveries were appropriated from the realm of science into the brutal domain of world war.Despite its length the book is almost impossible to put down, and it is as morally provocative as it is historically astute. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aerial operations, American    2. Atomic bomb    3. Children's Books - Young Adult    4. Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction    5. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    6. General    7. History    8. History - Military & Wars    9. History - Modern    10. Juvenile Nonfiction    11. Juvenile literature    12. Los Alamos    13. New Mexico    14. Nuclear weapons    15. United States    16. World War, 1939-1945   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. History - Modern    4. Juvenile History    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Technology - History    7. Technology - Inventions & Discoveries   

Subjects:  1. 1884-1972    2. Children's 12-Up - History - Military / War    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. History - Military & Wars    6. History - Modern    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Korean War, 1950-1953    9. Military - Korean War    10. Truman, Harry S.,    11. United States   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Communism    5. Europe, Eastern    6. General    7. History    8. History - Modern    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism    12. Social Science - Politics & Government    13. Soviet Union    14. World - General   

Subjects:  1. 1945-1989    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Cold War    5. History    6. History - Military & Wars    7. History - Modern    8. History - United States/20th Century    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Sources    11. Speeches, addresses, etc    12. United States    13. World politics    14. Humanities    15. Modern languages: essays, letters & other non-fiction prose works    16. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000    17. USA    18. Warfare & defence    19. World history: postwar, from c 1945 -   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Civilization, Modern    5. History - Modern    6. History, Modern    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Modern - 19th Century    9. Modern - 20th Century    10. World - General   

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Report Help
I found this book to be very helpful.I used it to write a research paper on how teens are effected by music.For the 80's part i used this particular book by Joanne Suter.I thought it was a wonderful book and itgave me lots of information on my topic.It also helped me to get an A onmy report! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1900-1999 (20th century)    2. 20th century    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Civilization, Modern    6. History - Modern    7. History, Modern    8. Juvenile literature   

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - History - General    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Computers - General    5. History - Modern    6. Juvenile Nonfiction   

Subjects:  1. Canada    2. Children's 9-12 - Sociology    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. History - Modern    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Geography   

Subjects:  1. 1900-1999 (20th century)    2. Children's 12-Up - History - General    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. History - Modern    5. History, Modern    6. Juvenile History    7. Juvenile literature    8. Nineteen twenties   

Subjects:  1. 1989-    2. Children's 9-12 - History - General    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. China    5. Europe, Eastern    6. History    7. History - Modern    8. Juvenile literature    9. Politics & Government    10. Politics and government    11. Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989   

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Excellent source of knowledge
This is a comprehensive book that contains not only a brief summary on the philosophy that inspired revolutions around the world for the past century, but also the experiments and ultimately failures it caused around the world. Nothing is spared with almost every topic cover, though not in immense and meticulous detail, but enough for anyone to enjoy and learn something from. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1818-1883    2. Children's 12-Up - Politics / Current Events    3. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Communism    6. History    7. History - Europe    8. History - Modern    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Marx, Karl,    12. Political Science (Young Adult)    13. Politics & Government    14. Social Science - Politics & Government    15. Utopian socialism    16. Marx, Karl    17. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    2. Computers - General Information    3. General    4. History - Modern    5. Information Technology    6. Information society    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Social Problems (General) (Young Adult)    9. Social aspects    10. Social Science / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. General    5. History - Modern    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Nineteen fifties    9. Pictorial works   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. General    5. History - Modern    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Nineteen seventies    9. Pictorial works   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Floods    5. History    6. History - Modern    7. History - United States/State & Local    8. Johnstown    9. Johnstown (Cambria County)    10. Johnstown (Pa.)    11. Juvenile Nonfiction    12. Juvenile literature    13. Pennsylvania   

Subjects:  1. 1900-1999 (20th century)    2. 20th century    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Civilization, Modern    6. History - Modern    7. History, Modern    8. Juvenile literature   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Politics / Current Events    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Commonwealth of Independent St    6. Commonwealth of Independent States    7. Former Soviet republics    8. Geography (Young Adult)    9. History - General    10. History - Modern    11. Juvenile Nonfiction    12. Juvenile literature    13. People & Places - Asia    14. People & Places - Europe    15. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    2. Juvenile literature    3. Social Science - Politics & Government    4. United Nations    5. History    6. History, World | Modern    7. Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Modern